I guess we haven't seen it all.  I mean, after establishing and operating a spiritual retreat center twelve years ago (and living right inside the fishbowl called Shiloh) we've had literally thousands of guests stay with us.  Some come for a day retreat while others may stay for up to a month.  And do we have the stories to tell!  Some publishable and some not.  For a long time now we have repeatedly declared that we have seen it all.  Nothing shocks or surprises us any more.  Until today.

I guess we're not really shocked in the strictest sense of the word.  Maybe flummoxed would be a better way to describe our reaction to what is going on. You see, we have this person staying at Shiloh who has gotten her nose out of joint because of something our cook said to her yesterday.  She has chosen to hole up in her room and not come out.  And our cook didn't say anything wrong.  He was simply describing to her the rules and regs for using our kitchen.  She's supposed to be a Christian but we don't know her well enough to know if she is real or fake.  We have both kinds here at Shiloh.  We aren't sure how long she will be on her self imposed strike.  We do know she is supposed to be with us for a number of days.  We're not entirely sure what, if anything, we are supposed to do about this if it goes on much longer.  One thing we know for sure, the next time this happens to us, we will be old pros and know exactly what to do.  But for the time being, we're groping in the dark, hoping we won't blunder too badly.